I lost count of how many times I went down in the snot.
Standard road tyres on, & duck paddling most of the way.
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R1216.
The Khun Satan road. Na Noi- Huay Kaet (R101){}

R1216.
In the hot dry season: smoke from slash & burn was not new, even in the late 80s.{}

Khun Satan
With the Mlabri out near Khun Satan, before they "all" moved to Gene Long's place.{}
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Going down, the old drum brakes wouldn't hold.
Going up if you fluffed a gear change you'd be lucky to pull it even with duck paddling & that was after you'd kick started it on the steep slope & were stuck in first!{}

Notice my Wing parked on the left side, half in the ditch - the only...

The guy on the river bank was catching cartons of cigarettes dropped to him by he's Thai mate above. He then ran of into Burma with he's booty.{}

Moto-Rex]]>11992 Route 109 Fang - Mae SuaiSun, 09 Aug 2015 06:41:25 +0000https://www.gt-rider.com/se-asia-motorcycling/threads/1992-route-109-fang-mae-suai.3798/
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Anyone remember this guy?{}
A wonderful funny guy, who ran a "pub" that had the best ever Happy Hour in Chiang Mai: a free hot dog with every beer or spirits drinks 2 for 1. The Happy Hour inevitably ended up being hours long & many a night I seem to recall "being recalled" home.
Joe from Joe's Bike Team started renting out bikes from here & the joint used to be the number # 1 biker's hang out in Cnx in those days. I think Walter from Siam Enduro...

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I went with my brother & all these guys, from Mr Hong at Sriphum guesthouse.
Standing up in the back of a pick up.

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The road up - R1249 - was all dirt!
Once in Ang Khang the Thai guys knocked off a couple of big bottles of Mekong whisky & then wanted to drive back to Chiang Mai in the dark & cold.
My brother & I chickened out - wanted to live longer - & we spent the night sleeping on the wooden...

the reason for the weddings - a third of the men had been arrested to trespassing in the forest & were in jail.
It was unclear how long they would be in jail for.
So there was an urgent need for more young men in the village to help farming & looking after families.
3 young men (boys of 16+) were brought in from west of Fang - Nor...